# South Eastern Province

South Eastern Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council from November 1882. It was created in the redistribution of provinces in 1882 when the original provinces of Central and Eastern were abolished. The new South Eastern, South Yarra, North Yarra, North Eastern, North Central, Melbourne East, Melbourne North, Melbourne South and Melbourne West Provinces were then created.
The Legislative Council Act, 1881, created and defined the South Eastern Province as consisting of the following Divisions: Alexandra, Yea, Eltham, Lilydale, Bulleen, Boroondara, Nunawading, Malvern, Caulfield, Oakleigh, Moorabbin, Dandenong, Berwick, Cranbourne, Mornington, Flinders, Phillip Island and Brighton.
It was abolished at the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.

## Members for South Eastern Province

These were members of the upper house province of the Victorian Legislative Council. Three members initially, two after the implementation in 1904 of the Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903.
| Member 1 | Party | Year | Member 2 | Party | Member 3 | Party |
| Frank Dobson | | 1882 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| Frank Dobson | | 1884 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| Frank Dobson | | 1886 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| Frank Dobson | | 1888 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| Frank Dobson | | 1890 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| Frank Dobson | | 1892 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| Frank Dobson | | 1894 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| James Campbell | | 1895 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| James Campbell | | 1896 | James Buchanan | | James Balfour | none |
| James Campbell | | 1898 | William Knox | | James Balfour | none |
| James Campbell | | 1900 | William Knox | | James Balfour | none |
| James Campbell | | 1901 | Duncan McBryde | | James Balfour | none |
| James Campbell | | 1902 | Duncan McBryde | | James Balfour | none |
| James Campbell | | 1904 | Duncan McBryde | | | |
| James Campbell | | 1907 | Duncan McBryde | | | |
| William Adamson | Liberal | 1910 | Duncan McBryde | | | |
| William Adamson | Liberal | 1913 | Duncan McBryde | | | |
| William Adamson | Liberal | 1916 | Duncan McBryde | | | |
| William Adamson | Nationalist | 1917 | Duncan McBryde | | | |
| William Adamson | Nationalist | 1919 | Alfred Chandler | Nationalist | | |
| William Tyner | Nationalist | 1922 | Alfred Chandler | Nationalist | | |
| William Tyner | Nationalist | 1925 | Alfred Chandler | Nationalist | | |
| William Tyner | Nationalist | 1928 | Alfred Chandler | Nationalist | | |
| William Tyner | Nationalist | 1931 | Alfred Chandler | Nationalist | | |
| William Tyner | United Australia | 1931 | Alfred Chandler | United Australia | | |
| William Tyner | United Australia | 1934 | Alfred Chandler | United Australia | | |
| William Tyner | United Australia | 1935 | Gilbert Chandler | United Australia | | |
| William Tyner | United Australia | 1937 | Charles Gartside | United Australia | | |
| Cyril Isaac | United Australia | 1940 | Charles Gartside | United Australia | | |
| Cyril Isaac | United Australia | 1943 | Charles Gartside | United Australia | | |
| Cyril Isaac | Liberal | 1945 | Charles Gartside | Liberal | | |
| Cyril Isaac | Liberal | 1946 | Charles Gartside | Liberal | | |
| Cyril Isaac | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Charles Gartside | Liberal and Country | | |
| Cyril Isaac | Liberal and Country | 1949 | Charles Gartside | Liberal and Country | | |
| Cyril Isaac | Liberal and Country | 1952 | Charles Gartside | Electoral Reform | | |
| George Tilley | Labor | 1952 | Charles Gartside | Electoral Reform | | |
| George Tilley | Labor | 1955 | Charles Bridgford | Liberal and Country | | |
| Bill Mair | Liberal and Country | 1958 | Charles Bridgford | Liberal and Country | | |
| Bill Mair | Liberal and Country | 1961 | Alan Hunt | Liberal and Country | | |
| Bill Mair | Liberal and Country | 1964 | Alan Hunt | Liberal and Country | | |
| Ian Cathie | Labor | 1964 | Alan Hunt | Liberal and Country | | |
| Ian Cathie | Labor | 1965 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Ian Cathie | Labor | 1967 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Roy Ward | Liberal | 1970 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Roy Ward | Liberal | 1973 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Roy Ward | Liberal | 1976 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Roy Ward | Liberal | 1979 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Roy Ward | Liberal | 1982 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Roy Ward | Liberal | 1985 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Ken Smith | Liberal | 1988 | Alan Hunt | Liberal | | |
| Ken Smith | Liberal | 1992 | Ron Bowden | Liberal | | |
| Ken Smith | Liberal | 1996 | Ron Bowden | Liberal | | |
| Ken Smith | Liberal | 1999 | Ron Bowden | Liberal | | |

## Election results

1999 Victorian state election: South Eastern Province :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Ron Bowden | 70,597 | 52.6 | -4.0 |
| | Labor | Michael Binney | 51,147 | 38.1 | +2.7 |
| | Democrats | Richard Armstrong | 6,551 | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| | Greens | Stuart Kingsford | 5,972 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 134,267 | 97.2 | −0.6 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 3,807 | 2.8 | +0.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 138,074 | 94.1 | |
| Two-party-preferred result ||||||
| | Liberal | Ron Bowden | 76,088 | 56.7 | -3.4 |
| | Labor | Michael Binney | 58,148 | 43.3 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 | |